New Zealand beat Pakistan by 22 runs to maintain their unbeaten run in the ICC World Twenty20 2016. Electing to bat, New Zealand scored 180/5 and Pakistan, even after a Sharjeel cameo, fell short of the target by 22 runs in Mohali on Tuesday.(Full Coverage|| Fixtures||STANDINGS)

1900 hrs IST: TOSS! New Zealand get the spin in their favour and they have elected to bat first. They are unchanged for this fixture, and Pakistan have made two changes – no Wahab Riaz and Hafeez in XI

1850 hrs IST: Wasim Akram feels the new ball will swing and it won’t turn as much as it has in other parts of the country so far. That said, Akram feels, it will come nicely onto the bat

1848 hrs IST: Team combination could get interesting for New Zealand. How do they play? Same combination – heavy on spin or include the likes of Boult and Southee? Some calls to make

Mohali is 6th venue to host a T20WC match in 2016
190 sixes hit in 22 games, so far
Mumbai most 61, a six every 12 balls!#PAKvsNZ#Dimagsay

Live Cricket Score, Pakistan vs New Zealand, ICC World T20 2016: Shahid Afridi during a training session on the eve of the Group 2 game against New Zealand. (Source: PTI)

Shahid Afridi addresses press conferences in a manner none too different from the way he plays his cricket: in a hurry. ‘In a hurry’, in fact, doesn’t quite capture it. Tabadtod, a Hindi/Urdu adjective which can loosely be translated as — but contains more crunch than — “at a breakneck speed”, comes closer.

At another end of the country, far way from Panchkula, when India were playing New Zealand in Nagpur last week, the Sodhi household was in a dilemma. They, like most in the country, had always ardently supported for India.

Just as Mohammad Bashir approaches the main gate at the I S Bindra Stadium in Mohali, the Pakistani cricket fan, fondly called Chacha Chicago, is approached by a group of seven to eight youngsters. With the Pakistan cricket team training inside the stadium, Bashir knows it will be long wait as he is also offered lunch by the Indian fans outside the stadium.